Resident Evil 6 similar games & best alternatives

Resident Evil 6

PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360 • 2013

Should you play it?

Blending action and survival horror, Resident Evil 6 promises to be the dramatic horror experience of 2013.

What works

  • Engaging and varied cooperative gameplay
  • Multiple intertwined campaigns with different characters
  • Challenging combat mechanics with skill progression
  • Extensive content and replayability including mercenaries mode
  • Cinematic storytelling and high production values

Things to keep in mind

  • Linear level design with limited exploration
  • Camera and control issues reported
  • Story can be confusing and cheesy
  • Multiplayer modes have low population
  • Heavy reliance on quick time events

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Resident Evil 5

  • Resident Evil Revelations 2

  • The Outlast Trials

  • SURV1V3

  • Zombie Army Trilogy

  • Resident Evil Revelations

Less competitive

Games that feels like Resident Evil 6 but with less competition against others

  • Dead Space™ 3

  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

  • Warhammer 40,000: Darktide

  • Space Hulk: Deathwing Enhanced Edition

  • The Darkness II

  • Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Resident Evil Revelations 2

  • Resident Evil 5

  • Resident Evil Revelations

  • Monster Hunter: World

  • PRAGMATA

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Resident Evil 6: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026